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as August 18. But few were seen, however, until September 27, 
when numbers came to the island. Some were still to be seen on 
October 11. 
104. (567) Junco hyemalis. SLatE-coLorED Junco.—The first 
record for the junco was on September 9, when a few were seen on 
the high sand dune near the light-house. It became common on Sep- 
tember 22, and hundreds were seen on that date. Some of these 
birds passed on in a few days, but the species was common when 
we left the island, October 11. At Ann Arbor, the earliest record 
is September 20 (1908). 
105. (581) Melospiza melodia melodia. Sona Sparrow.—This 
species was found on the island on August 18, and was a not un- 
common breeder in the bushes about the cranberry marsh, the edge 
of the pond and the shores of the island. It was seen every day 
until October 19. 
106. (583) Melospiza  lineolni  lineolni. LANCOLN’S SPARROW.— 
The first bird of this species was observed on September 7, when 
one was flushed from the ground under a juniper bush. It only 
flew a short distance and lit in another bush, from which it was 
flushed with difficulty. It then fiew a few feet and lit in a low 
tree and behind the trunk, where it peered out from one side and 
then the other at its disturber. The species was not seen again 
until the migration wave of September 14, when several were seen 
on the first sand dune on the west side, apparently feeding on the 
seeds of the beach grasses. When flushed the birds would fly to 
the nearest cover and hide. On September 17, it was found that 
these birds had gone, but on the night of September 18, another 
wave arrived, snd the birds were common, but only for one day, 
as they disappeared on the night of September 19. More came on 
the night of September 21, and were found in numbers on the west 
beach. Flocks of five and six were constantly seen and readily 
identified by the short and warbler-like flight. When alarmed they 
also had a short characteristic call note. The species was last 
seen on October 1, when five were seen near the pond. Birds that 
came during each wave were usually found the next day, feeding and 
resting on the first sand dune on the west side of the island, but 
those that remained more than one day were found in the interior 
and about the inland pond, where they fed in the open cranberry 
marsh, but never far from the border of thick bushes, to which 
they retreated when disturbed. The writer found, howeyer, that 
like many of the sparrows and warblers, they could be called by 
chirping, which made it possible to identify many birds that could 
not otherwise be seen. By walking quietly along, these sparrows, 
When flushed, would fly but a short distance, sometimes only a 
